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Showing 1 to 20 of 69 for “"oil palm"”.
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Implementing precision agriculture in the oil palm industry: a case of oil palm management system (OPAMS)
… industry stakeholders, especially those in oil palm industry, reckon the significance of pursuing sustainability due the competitiveness in the industry. Moreover, rigorous requirements which imposed by sustainable organizations and authorities has given rise to the industry stakeholders for …
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Acoustical characteristics of oil palm mesocarp fibres
… of agro-waste biomass fibres from oil palm Mesocarp as fibrous acoustic material. Incorporated polyurethane (PU) had improved the sound absorption coefficient (SAC), especially at low frequency range. The oil palm Mesocarp fibres were mixed with four different percentages of PU, …
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Improvement of Oil Palm Wood Properties Using Bioresin
Die ausWestafrika stammende Ölpalme (Elaeis guineensis Jacq) ist zur populärsten Kulturpflanze in Südostasien geworden. Als Haupterzeugnisse dieser Pflanze gelten die Öle der Früchte und der Fruchtkerne. Die weltweite Nachfrage nach diesen beiden Haupterzeugnissen nimmt sehr rasch zu. Ursache …
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Oil palm phenolics suppresses oxidative stress and inflammation
Water-soluble Oil Palm Phenolics (OPP), derived from Elaeis guineensis, contains a unique blend of plant phenolics. Recent cell and animal studies have demonstrated positive health benefits in a number of different organ systems, with almost no noticeable side effects. Its efficacy and non-toxicity …
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A Political Ecology of Oil Palm in the Peruvian Amazon
… a growing national and international interest in oil palm production. State legislation and market incentives have accelerated the growth of the industry by promoting large-scale investment and land acquisition. Based on an examination of the opposing discourses of available environmentalist and …
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Adoption of integrated cattle and oil palm farming system in Malaysia
… encouraged the adoption of integrated cattle and oil palm farming system (ICOFS) since the year 1998. This is due to large areas of land suitable for ICOFS in Malaysia that can be well utilised. Rising up the participation in ICOFS is one of the effort in facing the increasing demand of meat …
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Effects of high carbon dioxide concentration on oil palm growth and development
… and productivity. A CO2 enrichment study on oil palm clone P164 using Open Top Chamber (OTC) technique was conducted to evaluate the effects on oil palm growth, physiology, bunch production and oil quality. The palms were grown in OTC with two types of CO2 levels; 600 ppm (CO2-enriched) and …
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Debt as Infrastructure: Contract Farming, Labour, and Oil Palm in Montes de María
… the operation of credit for contracted palm oil production and its impacts on the lives of peasant communities in the Colombian Caribbean. My work presents a detailed account of how credit shapes the operation of contract farming schemes as well as the labouring experiences of peasant …
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Evaluation of ligninolytic enzymes of (coptotermes curvignathus) gut bacteria for oil palm residues biodelignification
… and also to explore the green delignification of oil palm residues for sustainable pulping. The lignin degrading bacteria (LDB) from the termite gut were isolated and the lignin degrading enzymes (LDE) from the LDB cultures in kraft lignin-induced media was expressed. Bacterial growth rates were …
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Modeling of oil palm energy surface fluxes and growth for Brazilian Amazon climate conditions
The increase in demand for African palm oil (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) has caused an increase in production, especially through the opening of new areas. Due to the limitation of lands in Southeast Asia, which is the main producing region in the world, the expansion of oil palm plantation has …
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Envisioning Agribusiness: Land, Labour and Value in a time of Oil Palm Expansion in Indonesia
… possibilities. Based on original interviews with oil palm plantation workers, plantation company officials, smallholders, and on secondary research, this thesis scrutinises the forms of knowledge and practices that constitute large-scale oil palm agribusiness. While oil palm agribusiness produces …
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Production of temporary bone scaffold reinforced with OPEFB-CMC from oil palm empty fruit bunch
… The main objective is to produce CMC from Oil Palm Empty Fruit Bunch (OPEFB) for temporary biodegradable bone scaffold from a combination of CMC, CS and HA/nHA. Series of experiments were done including extracting CMC from the OPEFB, fabricating composite scaffold by a co-solution method …
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Oil palm residue biodelignification by bacillus cereus ligninase from coptotermus curvignathus gut for handsheet production
… was tested for biodelignification capability on palm oil biomasses: oil palm leaves (OPL), oil palm trunk (OPT) and empty fruit bunch (EFB). The biopulp was produced under submerged fermentation (SmF) using Luria Bertani (LB) broth at pH 6.5, 120 rpm and 37 °C for 7 days. The enzyme expression …
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Polyurethane foam from oil palm fruit waste: synthesis and characterization of biopolyol and foam properties
Oil palm industries generate abundant amount of biomass, which when properly used will not only be able to solve the disposal problem but also can create value added products. The aim of this research is to produce of polyurethane (PU) foams with biopolyols from liquefied oil palm fruit waste (PW). …
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The social and management factors that contribute to the ecological sustainability of oil palm plantations
Over the past century, oil palm has developed from a sustenance crop in West Africa to the world’s most traded vegetable oil. Although the oil palm industry contributes to local and national economies across the tropics, its cultivation has also been linked to severe negative impacts on …
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The role of NGOs and sustainability standards in oil palm developments in Gabon and Cameroon
… about the fast expansion of large plantations of oil palm in tropical forest in African countries. However, in this same period, a large number of multinational companies made major commitments to eradicate deforestation in their palm oil supply chain. This thesis focuses on two different aspects …
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The effects of replanting and restoration of riparian buffers on arthropods in oil palm systems
Oil palm is a widely grown tropical crop, and its product – palm oil – has international economic importance. The expansion of oil palm plantations has caused substantial declines in biodiversity and changes in ecosystem processes. Protecting natural habitats is a conservation priority. However, …
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